The Internacional Courier
Squad17 Apr 2028
Ronaldo damages knee ligaments — 52 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 52 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Guillermo Maripán: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Internacional have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match15 Apr 2028
6 matches without a win for Internacional
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Internacional are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Kauan Alves has agreed to leave Internacional for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Internacional move for the manager
The approach has been made to Istra 1961 and the answer is somebody else's to give. These things are settled in private and reported in public, usually in that order.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Internacional
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Júnior Gomes joins the Internacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Júnior Gomes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
Internacional promote Paulo Correia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paulo Correia has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Apr 2028
Internacional promote Diego Barbosa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Barbosa has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Éder Fonseca steps up from the Internacional academy
- Match Internacional come up short against Santos
- Squad A row about effort at Internacional